Here I'm dealing with readers who are largely (a) very intelligent, (b) educated, (c) interested in hard news and substance rather than "human interest", and (d) intensely interested in copyright law as it bears upon digitalization, software, and the internet.
Amen. That's why the bulk of Slashdot users appreciate your posts. It is real news. Not the Digg tabloid news of "Video of skateboard dog with two heads". Real journalism presents issues that readers may not wish be informed about, but need to be. If we only read about issues reported with a slant that we agree with or support, how do we ever become balanced and understanding of all sides of an issue. News is NOT entertainment.
Thanks for the work you do to inform us about pertinent issues.
Nearly every large corporation over 20 years old is in the same situation. XP, IE6, some old java. Local admin rights. Some CPU sapping virus scanner program firing off at 5:30pm rendering the user PC useless. Frustrated users leave for home instead of continuing work. Activated network ports are not tied to a specific MAC, so any netbook, laptop, etc can be plugged in (and thus snoop).
Security requires a price in time and effort, and there are always compromises in order to get work accomplished.
And while you're spending your time figuring out why something that isn't broken works, he is coding something that you aren't coding at all. Sure, coding until it passes isn't the ideal, but it's a whole lot better than not coding at all (you).
Perhaps, but there's a thing called "homework" that one can never escape. Things not well understood which require more time to figure out than is available in the regular workday are going to demand extra effort during off-hours. Anyone that retorts with an excuse of "I don't have time to..." is going to eventually be replaced by someone that will. Being one of the older programmers in our dept, I've witnessed too many over-40 folks who disengage from learning and personal development. Those not driven to understand the how and why of their work might be in the wrong profession.
We should all strive to have the highest integrity, be productive, be detail oriented, and to be continually learning. What employer wouldn't want their building full of employees like that?
I have two rottweilers. They are spoilt rotten sweet couch potatoes. If a thief broke into our house they would LICK him to death. They've been brought up with a lot of love and they don't have a clue what aggression is. But despite that they are OMG ROTTWEILERS TAKE THESE MURDERER DOGS AWAY FROM ME!
All animals have certain instincts that are triggered by a situation. I would not want to be the person that your dogs perceived to be attacking you. Agreed that rottweilers are great animals, but don't be surprised by their very strong instinct to defend.
Prideful people are just not pleasant to be around. Whether it's boasting of their IQ, money, etc.; it's clearly a matter of them trying to elevate themselves above others. It's much more enjoyable to be around confident yet humble individuals. My belief is that (looking beyond the shallow physical level here...) everyone is gifted with some beneficial characteristic that most others do not possess. Those that zero in on and utilize that ability for the betterment of themselves and others tend to lead a very satisfied life (and are well liked by others).
Unaffordable student loan. Unaffordable mortgage. There's no difference. There are kids that work and save money as much as possible before college, and work their tails off while in college. Where's their reward for responsible planning and being frugal? It's a simple concept: If you can't afford it, don't buy it. Those that take the high risk route or don't plan effectively should not be bailed out when things come crashing down. Call me a hardass, but I'm having a difficult time getting a tear in my eye to form.
Yeah it is pretty stupid to make Apple, Amazon, or other e-tailers pay for the 30 second samples used to promote songs. Oftentimes I have looked at an artist and thought, "I have no idea who this is," but once I heard the 30-second sample I recognized the song and bought the CD.
Exactly. Just this last week I was searching on iTunes for a song called Primavera. The search results included Mariza singing a song called Primavera. It wasn't the one I was after, and I had never heard of Mariza before. However, I absolutely loved her voice on that song and bought the album. Can't understand a word of Portuguese, but I still love the music. Like everyone else, I have spent hours searching and listening to 30 second clips of music on iTunes. I've got a folder on my desktop titled "Albums to Buy" that have many links to iTunes pages with plans to buy the real physical CD's (I like to actually have the CD if possible). None of those would be there without the 30 second clips.
So if the RIAA wants to do this, fine. It will push them further into obscurity in this digital age.
Everyone deserves paid for the REAL work they do, and since the Internet has connected artists more directly to their fans... let the artist collect >=50% of the money for song. If the middleman provides real value then pay them. If not, cut them out. I'm just completely fed up with the movie, music, and clothing industries pushing what THEY think should be popular.
I feel so much better now with that all off my chest.
Government should be by the people and for the people. Granted that is an ideal, but it should always be the goal. Citizens who cease striving to rid government of corruption and just put up with it are selling themselves short. They deserve better. Citizens of Illinois and Italy have put up with corruption for way too long. Economic downturns have a way of helping people grow weary of corruption and dealing with it.
Amen. Preach it! I also don't participate in the 'leetspeak'. I backspace to correct spellings as I notice them and attempt to use full length words with correct grammar. If one can type even a reasonable speed, it takes very little extra effort. (At the same time it can also indicate to others you probably don't have baggy pants showing your underwear, untied sneakers, spray can in one hand, and your hat on backwards.) It's just my personal preference, and messages that use good grammar tend to get a mental +1 from me. Your messages (email, IM, IRC, etc) are the "visual" by which others perceive you, so it can only be a help to yourself to always put the best foot forward.
In America, there are only two sizes of anything available. "Huge", and "way over the top freaking enormous". Heck, even the size of the American model of Human is following that trend.
I want to clarify before I'm offended. Did you just call my momma fat?
I think the best part of getting older is that well done music from pretty much any genre sounds enjoyable. I seem to appreciate complex music more, and also appreciate artist skill & abilities more. My musical taste continues to widen, and thus I encounter "new" music all the time. I agree that there's very little new music from the studios that entice me. The dynamic range has been compressed to the point of sounding poor. The new independent music produced on a limited budget sometimes sounds just... so simple, unprocessed, and refreshing. The most recent discovery old music is of Django Reinhardt. Check out the wiki on him. Then listen to what he made a guitar do. The discovery before that was Tommy Emmanuel. Youtube him. So much good stuff. It's old but all new to me.
Amen. I would like to wrap an old mouse cord around the neck of every vendor that uses yearly licensing with keys.
It seems to be the method of choice to leverage companies when licensing comes due. I understand and agree with
a specific number of floating seats license and running a license server. But yearly? Come on.
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I would also recommend NetApp filer products. There are several solutions based on the needs and budget of a business. The core of
the system runs a customized Linux, so the only thing really not supported is NIS+. NIS and LDAP all work fine. Failover between two nodes is fairly quick (until failover is unnoticeable, it's not quick enough). Reporting and monitoring tools are pretty good (who couldn't use better reporting on who/what is affecting down NFS). Having used SUN and Veritas HA solutions, my preference would be the NetApp. ZFS may help Sun regain some ground lost to NetApp. NetApp brought a lawsuit against Sun over ZFS, but it seems that the lawsuit is more a fear knee jerk reaction and has little basis. Time will tell.
One could build something similar to a NetApp for perhaps cheaper. A business shouldn't do a roll-your-own NAS and expose themselves to the what-if case of their admin dying or resigning... unless the budget absolutely dictates the cheapest solution as most home businesses do.
I take it that it will do external authentication, not break NFS permissions, has some kind of sane authentication, and supports redundant hot-swappable hardware?
Yes and more. Don't let sticker shock completely rule NetApp out as a viable option. Take a look at the WAFL filesystem and other NetApp technology.
We give our kids (5, 7, 9 years old) game time equal to the amount of practice they put in on their music lessons. 30min practice gets them 30min computer game time or Nintendo DS time. I rarely game with them... partly because we don't have a game machine with multiple controllers, and partly because I'd rather do some other form of game. The flip side of that is that we commonly go outside and play basketball, football, kickball etc. We also play board games. So the point is they don't suffer from lack of parent involvement in their play time. We limit TV time as well.
30 minutes a day is plenty of computer time right now. They get more on Saturdays. As they get older, computer time
will increase, but it will have to be productive computer time. Programming, typing, i.e. learning...
Life's 90% work and 10% play. The kids that learn that early on have a better chance at being successful and self-controlled.
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Amen. That's why the bulk of Slashdot users appreciate your posts. It is real news. Not the Digg tabloid news of "Video of skateboard dog with two heads". Real journalism presents issues that readers may not wish be informed about, but need to be. If we only read about issues reported with a slant that we agree with or support, how do we ever become balanced and understanding of all sides of an issue. News is NOT entertainment. Thanks for the work you do to inform us about pertinent issues.
Oh yeah? Our company outsourced a bunch of IT functions to India. I triple dog dare the Chinese to infiltrate those Indian machines and trash them.
There are stats on breast size. Just plug in the values....
Security requires a price in time and effort, and there are always compromises in order to get work accomplished.
Relax. No one is going to submit the .bat file currently used to route luggage.
Link?
Perhaps, but there's a thing called "homework" that one can never escape. Things not well understood which require more time to figure out than is available in the regular workday are going to demand extra effort during off-hours. Anyone that retorts with an excuse of "I don't have time to..." is going to eventually be replaced by someone that will. Being one of the older programmers in our dept, I've witnessed too many over-40 folks who disengage from learning and personal development. Those not driven to understand the how and why of their work might be in the wrong profession.
We should all strive to have the highest integrity, be productive, be detail oriented, and to be continually learning. What employer wouldn't want their building full of employees like that?
All your posts have several words blanked out. Must be because my ******** is ********.
All animals have certain instincts that are triggered by a situation. I would not want to be the person that your dogs perceived to be attacking you. Agreed that rottweilers are great animals, but don't be surprised by their very strong instinct to defend.
Prideful people are just not pleasant to be around. Whether it's boasting of their IQ, money, etc.; it's clearly a matter of them trying to elevate themselves above others. It's much more enjoyable to be around confident yet humble individuals. My belief is that (looking beyond the shallow physical level here...) everyone is gifted with some beneficial characteristic that most others do not possess. Those that zero in on and utilize that ability for the betterment of themselves and others tend to lead a very satisfied life (and are well liked by others).
Unaffordable student loan. Unaffordable mortgage. There's no difference. There are kids that work and save money as much as possible before college, and work their tails off while in college. Where's their reward for responsible planning and being frugal? It's a simple concept: If you can't afford it, don't buy it. Those that take the high risk route or don't plan effectively should not be bailed out when things come crashing down. Call me a hardass, but I'm having a difficult time getting a tear in my eye to form.
Just like with firearms and a Polygamy Porter beer... Why would you want only one computer?
When it breaks, how would you google how to fix it?
Exactly. Just this last week I was searching on iTunes for a song called Primavera. The search results included Mariza singing a song called Primavera. It wasn't the one I was after, and I had never heard of Mariza before. However, I absolutely loved her voice on that song and bought the album. Can't understand a word of Portuguese, but I still love the music. Like everyone else, I have spent hours searching and listening to 30 second clips of music on iTunes. I've got a folder on my desktop titled "Albums to Buy" that have many links to iTunes pages with plans to buy the real physical CD's (I like to actually have the CD if possible). None of those would be there without the 30 second clips.
So if the RIAA wants to do this, fine. It will push them further into obscurity in this digital age.
Everyone deserves paid for the REAL work they do, and since the Internet has connected artists more directly to their fans... let the artist collect >=50% of the money for song. If the middleman provides real value then pay them. If not, cut them out. I'm just completely fed up with the movie, music, and clothing industries pushing what THEY think should be popular.
I feel so much better now with that all off my chest.
Government should be by the people and for the people. Granted that is an ideal, but it should always be the goal. Citizens who cease striving to rid government of corruption and just put up with it are selling themselves short. They deserve better. Citizens of Illinois and Italy have put up with corruption for way too long. Economic downturns have a way of helping people grow weary of corruption and dealing with it.
Yup. It should have been just "Linux" instead of "GNU/Linux". (Sorry RMS... just had to stir the pot.)
Amen. Preach it! I also don't participate in the 'leetspeak'. I backspace to correct spellings as I notice them and attempt to use full length words with correct grammar. If one can type even a reasonable speed, it takes very little extra effort. (At the same time it can also indicate to others you probably don't have baggy pants showing your underwear, untied sneakers, spray can in one hand, and your hat on backwards.) It's just my personal preference, and messages that use good grammar tend to get a mental +1 from me. Your messages (email, IM, IRC, etc) are the "visual" by which others perceive you, so it can only be a help to yourself to always put the best foot forward.
That would be Mackay, Idaho. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackay,_Idaho Way more cows than people.
I want to clarify before I'm offended. Did you just call my momma fat?
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the issue.
I think the best part of getting older is that well done music from pretty much any genre sounds enjoyable. I seem to appreciate complex music more, and also appreciate artist skill & abilities more. My musical taste continues to widen, and thus I encounter "new" music all the time. I agree that there's very little new music from the studios that entice me. The dynamic range has been compressed to the point of sounding poor. The new independent music produced on a limited budget sometimes sounds just... so simple, unprocessed, and refreshing. The most recent discovery old music is of Django Reinhardt. Check out the wiki on him. Then listen to what he made a guitar do. The discovery before that was Tommy Emmanuel. Youtube him. So much good stuff. It's old but all new to me.
Amen. I would like to wrap an old mouse cord around the neck of every vendor that uses yearly licensing with keys. It seems to be the method of choice to leverage companies when licensing comes due. I understand and agree with a specific number of floating seats license and running a license server. But yearly? Come on.
One could build something similar to a NetApp for perhaps cheaper. A business shouldn't do a roll-your-own NAS and expose themselves to the what-if case of their admin dying or resigning... unless the budget absolutely dictates the cheapest solution as most home businesses do.
Yes and more. Don't let sticker shock completely rule NetApp out as a viable option. Take a look at the WAFL filesystem and other NetApp technology.
My stance toward spammers is the same as the Army's stance on terrorists: Nuke 'em 'til they glow and then shoot 'em in the dark.
30 minutes a day is plenty of computer time right now. They get more on Saturdays. As they get older, computer time will increase, but it will have to be productive computer time. Programming, typing, i.e. learning...
Life's 90% work and 10% play. The kids that learn that early on have a better chance at being successful and self-controlled.